The former furniture maker from Central Java was the first president to come from outside Indonesia’s elite or military and was returned to office following a landslide election win in April. — AP
JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo was due to unveil his cabinet on Monday, adding some well-known business figures to his team as he pledges to put the world’s fourth most populous country on path to become a US$7 trillion economy by 2045.
The president, who was sworn in for a second and final five-year term in office on Sunday, is widely expected to include professionals, key opposition figures and industrialists to his cabinet.
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